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Friday, February 27, 2015

What a cutie pie right!? I wanted to use the new Jillibean Soup Party Playground collection and this was perfect for me. I created a layout with treat bags, cupcake holders and even straws! We have to think outside the box sometimes and this was definitely one of them for me! Hope you Like ;-)

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

This is the first page in my Life
Documented album for 2015. I'm doing something a bit different this
year. I'm not committing to a weekly spread. This means I can do a month
at a time, a week at a time or even a day at a time. I am not worried
about the pocket page style that I'll be using either. It's considered
more of a large "mini ablum" and I'm looking forward to creating this
year and hope you'll join me!

I started my spread using the Simple Stories Design 10 Pocket Pages.
This allows me to add larger photos 4"x4" and also the standard 3"x4".
The left Side of my spread has a photo of hubby and I from 2014 and a
bit of journaling about the year ahead. I love that my pictures can be
included with journaling on a 4x4 card.

Creating your own journal cards can be so much fun. I used 4x6 and
also 3x4 cards and created my own. I added 1" strips and sewed them to
cut up 4x6 cards. Super easy to do and gives you a unique touch to your
page using all the wonderful Simple Stories Cards.

Since my spread is about the entire Month of January 2015 I wanted to
add photo and journaling but not have this on a few spreads so I typed
directly underneath my pictures!

The Right Side of my spread has the same format as the Left. I did a
picture collage on one of my photos to showcase the great day we had at
the Clay Café. This is a place I bring my nieces when I visit. We have a
blast and always look forward to getting our fired clay pieces.Below is an example of a journal
card I created using a 4x6 card cut to fit below the " Week In Review "
title. I added a tag for my journaling and created little embellishment
details with the Life Documented Washi Paper Tape. So Easy!

This collection is so much fun to play with. I hope you enjoyed my
Life Documented post today and I hope you enjoy creating with your
Simple Stories Life Documented Collection!

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

I wanted to use my Circle Placemat and create something. I cut 4 circles and then added versamark and green embossing powder. Heated that with my heat gun and created this pretty neat background for my card. Adding paper behind the circles is optional but created something pretty cool!

Thursday, February 05, 2015

It's a Happy Day when it's your Birthday! I used a mini placemat and added popdots behind it to add dimension and then added some diecuts on top. Such an easy card to create. You can even use some left overs and Jillibean Soup has some of these mini placemats in the Silhouette Online Store ;-)

Wednesday, February 04, 2015

This class is loaded with 18 layouts, sketches, techniques and how-to's, full-color instructions, complete supply lists (including paper names!) and free die cutting files, all created by some of your favorite artists, including me!

This four-week, self-paced, online class begins Monday, February 16th.
Stop by PageMaps to see all of the sneak peeks, try out a freebie
class, and then register for this one. It’s going to be so much fun!

Here’s a chance for you to win a free spot into this first class of the year!
Just leave a comment on this post and tell me what your favorite color is. That easy!

Tuesday, February 03, 2015

In a previous post from Creative Scrappers in December
I had mentioned to you that it was time for Creative Scrappers to end.
The day as come. It's February and this marks an end to our CS
Challenges. To you Creative Scrappers followers, Our Current and Past
Design Team Members, Our Generous Sponsors and all sketch lovers I'd
like to personally take this opportunity to say THANK YOU !

CS has been a blessing for me, to allow me to inspire and help
scrapbookers all over the world, the chance to meet amazing people in
this industry and to grow creatively with you all.

Thank you Design Team Members for being so AWESOME in creating layouts
that constantly WOW our readers, and give people ideas and inspiration
to create some AWESOME pages themselves. This success would never have
been possible without you!

Our Sponsors, Thank you for being so generous and giving to our
challenge participants. Your interest in supporting me and Creative
Scrappers surely isn't going unnoticed.

Thank you Kathy Skou for being my right hand on facebook, for Taryn
Lopshire and Kiki Halbert for a helping hand when I needed it ;-)

Thank you to YOU CS Fans. Thank you for being here ;-) I cherish our
friendship, your emails, your comments and support throughout the years!

Creative Scrappers blog will still be here - I will have Sketches 1-286 available for download shortly and of course the 3 ebook of sketches will still be for sale if you want more great sketches and designs. Don't forget to use coupon code V3Creative to save 20% off and the books have been reduced from 9.95$ to 7.95$ permanently.

I will host a few random challenges and those will be posted on the
CS blog. If you wish to stay up to date please follow us on your blog
readers ( bloglovin ) or social media outlets. Also, all layouts that
have been added using the inlinkz tool will be added to our pinterest boards. If you wish to follow us please do ;-) Those will be updated in the next few weeks.

Sunday, February 01, 2015

Creating Cards is somewhat of a challenge for me. When i notice that i'm struggling or need to do something other than a card - I love creating tags! tags are so cute and you can make them any size you want. You can layer, sew, pretty much anything you want. Yes it's similar to creating a card, but a tag is much more fun!

Here i started just by using a Kraft Tag, and scrap pieces of paper from a few Jillibean Soup Collections. I also added a piece of a Placemat on top of my Kraft Tag just to add more details to my background. So Easy ;-)